Support for weft-detecting mechanism



latentecl June 22, 11926'.

@wirr/Eo STATES- PATENT LOOM WORKS, OF CHUSETTS. Y

OFFICE.

Original application iled ctoberZO, 1921, Serial No. 509,113. Divided and this application iiledOctober Y 131924. Serial No. 143,190.V

This` application is i division ,of my prior application on weft detecting mechanism, Serial No. 509,113, filed Oct. 20, 1921, ma-

. turing as Patent No. 1,514,934 dated N- veniber 1.1, 1924, and relates particularly, to the means therein shown for supporting the detecting mechanism on the loom frame.

It is the object of my present invent-ion to provide novel devices -for supporting the weft detecting mechanismV and for adjusting said mechanism in several different directions relative to the shuttle and weft carrier.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of parts of the loom containing my improved weft ldetecting mechanism mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation, taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are end and side elevations of the eccentric stud.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown a portion of a loom side 10 to which is bolted a bracket 11. A block 12 is secured to the bracket 11 by bolts 13 extending through a slot in the blockand permitting forward and rearward adjustment thereof. The block 12 has a. rearwardly inclined depending arm 14 having a bearing for the cylindrical portion 15 of an eccentric adjusting stud 16 (Fig. 4). The stud is held in adjusted angular position in its bearing by a binding nut 17 threaded to the end of the stud.

At its lower end the arm 14 is also provided with depending projections 19 and 20 (F 2) in which adjusting screws 21 and 22 are threaded. A frame or support 23 is provided with a split hearing fitting the eccentric portion of the stud 16 and the sup-V port may be clamped thereon by a binding screw 24. A lug or projection 25 extends laterally from the support 23 and is engaged on its opposite sides by the adjusting screws 21 and 22 (Fig. 2) previously described.

The angular position of the support 23 upon the eccentric stud 16 may thus be adjusted desired, and the stud itself may also be turned to change the vertical or lateral position of the support, the stud being provided with a suitable screw driver slot for such adjustment. The support 23 provides guides 26 and 27 for a vertically movable transferrer actuating member 28 which is vperiodically reciprocated by suitable conro keitolirreirson a Knownns v CORPORATION or MASSA- nections to the loom cam shaft (not shown).

The transferrer and its actuating mecha-V nism form no part of my present invention andfor further details, reference is made to my prior application Serial filed May 17, 1921.

A stand'v 31 i isA yieldingly secured to the upperend of the support 23, the stand be? mg provided with a groove adapted to re-` ceive a transversely Vextending rib or lprojeca` tion 32 on the front face of the support 23. The stand is held in yielding engagement with the rib and the front face of the supi port by a bolt 33 extending freely through .the parts 23 and 31 and having a compres sion spring, not shown, inserted between its head and the rear face of the support.

The stand 31 has a rearwardly extending portion 35 which is grooved or slotted to receive a plurality of slidable detecting plungers 36. A cover or cap 37 (Fig. 9) is slidably mounted on the stand 31 and prevents displacement of the plungers.

For a full description of the construction and operation of the weft detecting mechanism itself reference is made to my prior Patent No. 1,514,934, of which this is a division application.

Theadvant-ages of my improved support vare readily understood and very important.

By a ycombination of the several adjustments described, the weft detector may be securely held in any desired position relative to the shuttle and weft carrier, the parts being raised or lowered and being moved forward or back by adjusting the eccentric stud 16, being adjusted angularly by the screws 21 and 22, and being also adjustable longitudinally of the weft carrier along the eccentric stud 16.

The weft detector may thus be easily adjusted to cooperate with any desired shuttle or weft carrier and the adjustment may be made with a minimum expenditure of time and labor.

Having thus described my invention, it

will be evident that changes and modifica tionsmay be made therein by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the claims, and I adjustable V:insaid iframe,- and= saidvsupporty being both angularly and longitudinally ad justable on said stud.

2. In a weftreplenishing looin having a loom-rame, in lcoinbi-i'iation, weft V'detectingmechanisim-a support-therefor having a horizontally; disposed cylindrical opening therein, Aa stud f fittingA f-reelyin theopening in said support and liavingean eccentricprojection seatedijn anv opening in 'said frame, means-to clampY said'support-:to said stud, and4 means to secure s aidstud in angular adj-usted position in said frame',Y

3. In-a weft ieplenishiiig-looin having a lool-n frame, iin combination, weft detecting mechanism, a support ;the'reforj having4a horizontally disposed :cylindrical opening A therein, a studfittiiig freely in the opening in saidsupport and having an eccentric projection seated iii-anopen-ing insaid lframe-,-

said stud being ang-ularly adjustable-insaid :l

frame, means to adjust said support-angularly on said stud, and means to secure said supportto said'studand to secure said stud to said frame.

4. 'Inl a weftfreplenishingloom:havin la looni frainefin combination, weft detecting mechanism, a support therefor, havinga horizontally 1-dispos'ed v r'cylindrical i opening therein, 'a stud `:inountedony said lframe and -reely litt-ing the-opening;` inf said support,l said frame having spaced depending prof ject-ionsf-Kandf `said support having an arm.

disposed Vbetween saidprojections, and adjusting screws Ythreaded insaid projections and engagingy said arm to adjust said support angularl'yf `on said stud.V f

Intestiii'ioiiy ivhereo 'I liaye hereunto af:

iiXe'd my signature;

EPPA H. RYON. 

